by CONPS ME | Apr 24, 2024
Spreading Buckwheat (Eriogonum effusum) is a native herb in the Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae). It is common on dry slopes, sand hills, and in grasslands, shortgrass prairie, and sagebrush flats, from the plains to the foothills on the eastern slope. It blooms from...
by CONPS ME | Apr 24, 2024
Tree Cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata) is a native shrub found in the Cactus Family (Cactaceae). It grows in dry, open places, on the plains in the southeastern counties. It is also found occasionally on the western slope and blooms from May through July. Photo by...
by CONPS ME | Apr 19, 2024
Geyer’s Sedge (Carex geyeri) is a native herb in the Sedge Family (Cyperaceae). It is common in aspen, oak, pine, or spruce forests, from the foothills to the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. It blooms from May through August. Photo by Lindsay Delp...
by CONPS ME | Apr 18, 2024
Dwarf Birch (Betula glanulosa) is a native shrub in the Birch Family (Betulaceae). It is common and found along streams and in wet fens and meadows, in willow thickets, and in subalpine to alpine meadows, from the foothills to the alpine on the eastern and western...
by CONPS ME | Apr 17, 2024
Water Sedge (Carex aquatalis) is a native plant in the Sedge Family (Cyperaceae). It is common along streams and lake margins, in marshes and bogs, and in moist alpine tundra, from the foothills to the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. It blooms from June...